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# carrier

«carrier» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person, animal, vehicle or company that carries or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a carrier, carriers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A carrier is a person, animal, vehicle or company that carries or delivers things or people: a mail carrier, an aircraft carrier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrier/#m1)

2) A carrier is a bag, box or holder for carrying something: a pet carrier, a carrier bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrier/#m2)

3) A carrier of a disease has the germs and can pass them to others, sometimes without being ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrier/#m3)

4) A carrier is a company that gives mobile phone service or flies planes (an airline). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrier/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons, mosquitoes are carriers of diseases like malaria; washing hands stops germs spreading. In geography and history, aircraft carriers are huge ships that planes take off from. In everyday life: «carrier bag» (UK) for shopping, «mail carrier» (US) for the person who brings letters, a cat carrier for the vet. Phrases: «carrier bag», «pet carrier», «aircraft carrier», «mail carrier», «baby carrier».

### examples

- The mail carrier brought a parcel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrier/#x1)
- We took the cat to the vet in a carrier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrier/#x2)
- Mosquitoes can be carriers of disease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrier/#x3)
- The aircraft carrier was as long as three football fields. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrier/#x4)
- Can I have a carrier bag, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrier/#x5)
- Pigeons were once used as message carriers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrier/#x6)
- Dad carries the baby in a baby carrier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrier/#x7)
- Which carrier does your phone use? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrier/#x8)

### note

Countable. From «carry» + -er (y → i): carrier. «Carrier pigeon» is a pigeon trained to carry messages. In the UK, «carrier bag» is a plastic or paper shopping bag.

### In the corpora

- [Holly-Mae's friend Jodie brings a jumper in a carrier bag.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/21/)
- [Many UK shops charge for carrier bags so people use fewer and make less plastic rubbish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «carrier» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrier/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.